Pythian Appoints Gregg Kitaeff as Vice President of Global Sales to Manage Expanding International Growth

Pythian, the global leader in data
management consulting and services, has named Gregg Kitaeff its new Vice
President of Global Sales. As the global demand for data management
services continues to rise, Kitaeff will lead the charge in delivering
Pythian’s proven solutions to the global marketplace. In his new role,
Kitaeff will oversee global sales, with a specific focus on services in
the United States, as well as further adoption of Pythian services in
Australia and the United Kingdom. Kitaeff will also work to grow
Pythian’s footprint by adding to the sales team and expanding the sales
management structure to support the rapid growth of Pythian's major
practice areas, including Oracle, MySQL,
MS SQL, big data,
and system
administration. Kitaeff previously served as Pythian’s Managing
Director of U.S. Sales.

Kitaeff brings more than 16 years of experience in direct and
business-to-business sales in the high-tech sector, with specialties in
hosting, Software as a Service (SaaS), software, Internet applications,
CRM, compliance, and recurring revenue models. He served as the Vice
President of Sales for Logicworks for almost eight years, managing the
company’s sales department and developing corporate strategies around
services. In 2010, Kitaeff joined the Pythian team as Director of Sales
and led direct sales efforts from Pythian’s New York office.

“Pythian’s managed data services offers organizations the confidence
that their most essential business systems remain up and running around
the clock,” said Kitaeff. “As Vice President of Global Sales, I’ll
support Pythian’s strongest growth markets, bringing our much-needed
services and expertise to organizations large and small to help them
best capitalize on the power of their data.”

“As companies across the globe continue to collect and house an
increasing amount of data and turn their focus to the cloud, big data,
and other strategic initiatives, the demand for Pythian’s data
management services is higher than ever, especially internationally,”
said Andrew Waitman, CEO of Pythian. “We recently established a London
office to meet continued global growth in the coming years, and
Gregg stands as the linchpin in our global expansion efforts. From his
sales acumen to his industry expertise to his innate leadership
abilities, Gregg is the right professional to bring Pythian’s proven
services to market. With his help, Pythian will expand its global reach
and ensure clients receive the highest quality of data infrastructure
support they require.”

Since 1997, Pythian has specialized in consulting and managing
mission-critical data infrastructures. More than 1,000 companies have
turned to Pythian for support with Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server,
big data, and enterprise infrastructures. For more information on
Pythian visit http://www.pythian.com/.

About Pythian

Pythian is a global leader in data outsourcing and managed services.
Pythian blends the world’s leading data experts with advanced, secure
service delivery processes to create the industry’s best standard of
care for its clients. Since 1997, Pythian has managed some of the
world’s largest, most business-critical data infrastructures for
companies such as American Apparel and Urban Outfitters. Learn more
about Pythian and its elite data experts at http://www.pythian.com,
follow @Pythian, and find
Pythian on LinkedIn at http://linkd.in/pythian.

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